Bible: 1 Pet 2:9-10

2:9Butyouarea chosenrace, a royalpriesthood, a holynation, a peopleofhis own, so thatyou mayproclaimthe virtues1of the one who calledyouout ofdarknessintohismarvelouslight.2:10You2 oncewerenota people, butnowyou are God’speople. You wereshownnomercy,3butnowyou have received mercy.